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06/11/2012

Italian Mafia Threatens European Soccer

Antonio Ingroia, Italy's chief anti-Mafia prosecutor, says "European soccer is at high risk from match-fixing mobsters seeking to 'load the dice' in an illegal gambling business valued at $90 billion a year" as reported by Jeffrey Donovan and Flavia Rotondi for Bloomberg: "the entire football business is at a high risk of infiltration by the Mafia," he said.